Blighting

  • 121blight — I UK [blaɪt] / US noun [singular/uncountable] 1) a serious disease affecting plants and crops 2) something that damages or spoils something else economic/moral/urban blight blight on: The threat of war cast a blight on their happiness. II UK… …

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  • 122biting — [adj1] piercing, sharp bitter, bleak, blighting, cold, crisp, cutting, freezing, harsh, nipping, penetrating, raw; concepts 569,605 Ant. bland, calm, mild biting [adj2] sarcastic acerbic, acrimonious, bitter, caustic, cutting, incisive, mordant,… …

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  • 123calamitous — [adj] disastrous; tragic adverse, afflictive, blighting, cataclysmic, catastrophic, deadly, deplorable, devastating, dire, fatal, grievous, harmful, heartbreaking, lamentable, messy, pernicious, regrettable, ruinous, unfavorable, unfortunate,… …

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  • 124urban — Of or belonging to a city or town. Within city limits. Derived from the Latin urbanis, which in that language imports the same meaning. City of South Pasadena v. City of San Gabriel, 134 Cal.App. 403, 25 P.2d 516 @ urban homestead See homestead @ …

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  • 125blasting — Tearing apart the layers of earth and rock by the use of high explosives; destroying; blighting …

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  • 126blood disease — noun a disease or disorder of the blood • Syn: ↑blood disorder • Hypernyms: ↑blood dyscrasia • Hyponyms: ↑cytopenia, ↑acidemia, ↑alkalemia, ↑acanthocy …

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  • 127brown rot — noun any of certain fungous diseases of plants characterized by browning and decay of tissues • Hypernyms: ↑plant disease • Hyponyms: ↑brown rot gummosis, ↑gummosis, ↑ring rot, ↑ring disease, ↑tobacco wilt * * * …

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  • 128heartrot — noun any plant disease in which the central part of a plant rots (especially in trees) • Hypernyms: ↑plant disease * * * ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ noun : any of several rots involving the central part of a plant or plant organ: as a. : disintegration of the… …

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